08-07-2009
09:57 AM
238 Loves
I'd like to go on about all the ways S-West excels but we'd be here all day & I'd miss my flight next month ! The one story I do like to tell happened last year. I make my annual pilgrammage to Chicago from Nashville & the morning (very EARLY in the AM) was looking a lil hairy weather wise. Between a great team, & I'm one of the "if it ain't a Boeing I ain't going" crowd, & an incredible fleet not much worry.Taking my usual seat(last row next to the privvy) I'm settling in for a nice ride & a lil people watching from the tail end of da big bird. The FA gets on the PA system asking if anyone would change seats so a mom & youn son could sit together. Not a single passenger raised their hand....OY !!! Like a fool I'm flapping my long arm around but as she's standing in front of me she can't see me. So out of desperation she offers A free drink to whoever will comply...again nobody budged so at risk of getting popped in the mouth I tap her on the back & now we are set. the middle of da bird ain't so bad for just an hour flight. now to my disappointment of everyone NOT volunteering the lady I switched with says nothing in gratitude to me. no biggy maybe she's stressed or having a hectic day with a youngling in tow(I'm guessing about 10 or 11). so now we're gettin' err dunn in the air. from the time in air I'm guessing we're over Indianapolis & the weather starts. remember my no Boeing, not going remark ? I won't scare ya'll that are a lil skiddish about flying but it got wild for a while ! the poor guy next to me was having a bit of a crisis with the "bumps". we start talking & we were both former military who had been on C 40 transports before(a 737 ala military) & that helped. if the Military can put em thru a beating then we're A-Okay ! getting back to feeling unappreciated about the seat swap...the FA was VERY happy with my gesture & refused to take any $$$ for anything I ordered & in my mind she was treating me as 1st class all the way. in conclusion my fellow flyers we all know some days travel, by any mode, can be a pain. you don't have to be a social butterfly, bleed out of compassion,....BUT the most simple gesture goes a long way. pack a lil toy in case of a young one having a bad day (I pack a cheesey Sonic toy). I tote enough cigs & a spare book of matches in case a fellow smoker, like myself, makes that zip-run outdoors to light up ! one day soon I hope to do a S-west longer flight to see parts I've never been to. to any Flight Attendant reading this...you have a situation you need a hand with, helping someone with their hands full, overhead bin (at my height I get a few requests there) look at your manifest for Denny G****** whos' head rubs the center ceiling & I am at your service ! I'll be seeing ya'll next month for my trip north. my nephew is playing his 1st homecoming football game so uncle denny is pumped & ready !!!
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this is gonna be sweet ! no more kidney-killer rides on the stevenson expressway (I'm hoping out loud here). with milwaukee coming onboard I have to ask does this mean the chances of midway privatizing are increasing ? I grew up in the greater rockford area & they can't keep an airline to save their life there. begged & pleaded with them so entertain a deal with southwest but alas.....so way to go milwaukee, good luck midway, & RIP rockford (Rockford Is Pitiful).
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excellent ! the question I have is with the privatization of Midway Chicago will Rockford be an option ? they have a nice airport capable of handling big jets & I'll confess....it puts me 100 miles closer to where I have to go not to mention the $ 45 bus fare !
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